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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Sep 21
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5600–12.6300/bu+0.23−72–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.3700
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5300–12.7000/bu+0.25−75–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.3767
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6300–12.8000/bu+0.25−65–−48¢/BuNovember (X)9.3500
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6300–13.7300/bu+0.25−65–+45¢/BuNovember (X)9.3586
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3800–12.6800/bu+0.25−90–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.2667
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6300–13.2800/bu+0.25−65–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.3600
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.7000/bu+0.02−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.5100
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.9800–14.2800/bu+0.25−30–+100¢/BuNovember (X)9.7350

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9300–4.9900/bu+0.16−50–−44¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7715
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8100–5.2300/bu+0.16−62–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7642
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9200–5.1800/bu+0.16−51–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8046
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8800–5.0300/bu+0.16−55–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7618
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6800–5.0300/bu+0.16−75–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6625
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9300–5.0300/bu+0.16−50–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7732
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1100–5.1300/bu+0.16−32–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9225
Source: USDA AMS · Des Moines, IA. Bids are what buyers offered on the day USDA collected them, not settled trades. Change and year-ago figures are USDA's own — nothing on this page is recomputed, and prices in different units are never averaged together.